Sunday, 6 November 2016

Where is "good news for the poor"?

Our
church councils and committees are taken up with many things but, in
the light of what is happening in our society, should not these words
from Luke 4, Jesus' mission statement, be at the top of our agenda.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.” (Luke 4.18-19)In response to the Ken Loach film, "I, Daniel Blake", Social Work Tutor has penned these powerful words.